A Scrutiny on the Aggression Levels of the Students of Sports, Vocational, and Anatolian High Schools

Mehmet Altın ,Ali Sami Kıvrak

doi:10.5539/ies.v11n8p69

Abstract

The objective has been set through this study to present and compare the aggression levels in three different High School types. The population of the study was constituted by the High School students in the province of Konya and its sampling group by the 226 male and 190 female students studying at Vocational High Schools, Anatolian High Schools, and Sports High Schools. In the study, demographic personal information form was used in the collection of personal information and Buss-Perry Aggression Scale (BPAS), which was developed by Buss and Perry (1992), whose the validity and reliability study in its Turkish form was performed by Demirtas-Mardan (2013), was used for determining the aggression levels. In terms of the anger dimension depending on the gender factor, no statistical change was observed, while it was determined that the average values for the male students in the physical aggression, hostility, and verbal aggression dimensions were higher than the female students and such changes were statistically significant (P&lt;0.05). It can be said on the basis of the findings of this study that the aggression values of the Secondary Education students did not vary in line with the sportive activities and that the male students have more sense of aggression than female students.

Highlights

At all the schools in the world, problems regarding aggression and terror incidents are being experienced and the people do nothing but watch the extent of the destruction and damages of aggression
Demographic personal information form was used in the collection of personal information and Buss-Perry Aggression Scale (BPAS), which was developed by Buss & Perry (1992), whose the validity and reliability study in its Turkish form was performed by Demirtaş-Mardan (2013), was used for determining the aggression levels
The Cronbach alpha internal internal consistency coefficient obtained for the entire scale was specified as 0.85, alpha value obtained for physical aggression as 0.78, alpha value obtained for verbal aggression as 0.48, alpha value obtained for anger as 0.76, and alpha value obtained for hostility as 0.71

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Introduction

At all the schools in the world, problems regarding aggression and terror incidents are being experienced and the people do nothing but watch the extent of the destruction and damages of aggression. It appears to be highly difficult to find the source of the aggression that make students angry in such high levels and that is carried to physical dimension as to taken the lives of other people. Such assaults do not remain at school levels and the incidents relating to aggression and terrorism are increasing rapidly in all the countries of the world. Despite the fact that the existence of the problem has been identified and numerous studies in different fields and dimensions have been conducted in regards to the issue, the aggression factor has not been solved yet

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